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"Donna Whitman" <NSBooklady@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> On Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:08:36 GMT, "JD" <me@home.ca> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Brian Smith" <Halifax@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in message
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>>> JD wrote:
>>>>
>>>> That wasn't what you said Brian.  You said it was the pedestrian's 
>>>> fault;
>>>> which is rediculous in this situation.
>>>
>>> It is the pedestrian's fault for not exercising common sense, JD. Hardly
>>> ridiculous when it's all about life and limb.
>>
>>I agree we all have a responsibility to exercise common sense.  But, a
>>pedestrian does have a reasonable expectation that a driver will stop at a
>>stop sign.  The driver is completely wrong here.
>
>
> They DO have a reasonable expectation that drivers will stop. However,
> there are some drivers who don't live up to that expectation.
> Personally, I don't want to be in the crosswalk when one breezes
> through a stop sign and kills me. They may be at fault but I'm still
> dead.
>
> Personal responsibility dictates that I exercise caution when crossing
> streets. Pedestrians need to exercise that  at least to some small
> extent or they become roadkill. Yes, the driver is wrong and the
> pedestrian is legally right but who wins? ...the car.
>

Donna, the same could be argued when sitting at a stop light.  Most drivers 
don't look when they take off when the light turns green.  They are usually 
looking to see if some idiot is going to run across the street, or if the 
retard beside you is going to gun it and cut you off.  However, we have a 
reasonable expectation that people will stop for a red light.  So, if you 
are T-boned in the intersection for proceeeding on the green when the yahoo 
that hit you ran a red, do you bear any responsibility?  I know I would 
think I did.  Same with the pedestrian in this case.